How to stop iPhoto from uploading pictures to Photostream?

Hi guys,
I'm struggling with the following issue: I want my Photostream to be filled with the pictures I took on my iPhone and my iPad, but not those I have in iPhoto.
Is there a possibility to show the Photostream in iPhoto, but not allowing iPhoto to import its own pictures?
Thanks in advance
Michael

If  the changed preferences does not stick, I'd remove the iPhoto preferences.
Quit iPhoto
Delete the  preference file, com.apple.iPhoto.plist  from the Library folder in your Home folder:
     ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.iPhoto.plist
Delete the com.apple.iPhoto folder with all its contents from the containers folder in your users library  ~/Library/Containers/com.apple.iPhoto
Restart the system and launch iPhoto again.
Your user library may still behidden; to reveal it, select the "Home" folder icon (the little house)  in the Finder's sidebar and press the key combination ⌘J to open the "view options". Enable "Show Library Folder.

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